Thyroid hormone induces a time-dependent opsin switch in the retina of salmonid fishes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3024-3032

  Cheng, Christiana L ^a,b   Gan, Kathlyn J ^a   Flamarique, Iñigo Novales ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; OPSIN; THYROXINE; CONE OPSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAINBOW TROUT; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA OUTER NUCLEAR LAYER; RNA PROBE; SALMONID; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; TIME;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONE OPSINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66849099169     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2713     Document Type: Article

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